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Mysteries of Tolham (2024) TG FM

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The main reason for your presence in Tolham tonight is to locate and steal the power stones. There are three of them: Sintabaz's Red, Voidman's Amber, and Tharmaz's Azure. Further study of historic... Read more

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info NOTES:     - Play the mission vanilla, without mods, as it was designed. Issues may occur if you use mods.
- On Hard and Expert difficulties: there is less available store cash, less starting equipment,
and fewer power-ups to be found throughout the mission. Additionally, there are extra guards and
extra objectives (some of which are optional).
- It might be possible to climb out of the mission's boundaries.
- Try to save rope arrows if possible. There are quite a few to be found in the mission, and they
are important for the gameplay.
- I drew the map with a pencil. I hope it helps to navigate this quite serpentine FM. The map
covers only outside areas (streets, yards, and buildings).
- This mission is large and there's lots of loot lying around, so loot can be found in all places.
This FM is designed for players who like to explore extensively.

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Lord Taffer   Missions
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Briefing

The main reason for your presence in Tolham tonight is to locate and steal the power stones. There are three of them: Sintabaz's Red, Voidman's Amber, and Tharmaz's Azure. Further study of historical tomes led me to the conclusion that the stones are most likely located in Tolham, as the city of Tolham was mentioned in the last reference to them. Each one of them is a priceless artefact, and even just one of the stones would make your purse heavy enough to keep you away from thieving for a long time. Find as many as you can and bring them to me.

Tolham is a blend of towering buildings, intricate machinery, and much older structures of possibly antique origin. In certain places, one can almost feel the old magics rippling through the air. In fact, magic is what I want you to look for. Close to the city centre, there is a tower inhabited by a mage. You might try to gather some information about the stones from there. He might even posses one.

The Private Museum could be a lucrative target for a thief of your skill. Curator Dromius owns a valuable sceptre, and there are likely many other trinkets lying around. I've also heard a rumour that Curator Dromius might have connections to a shady figure called Sir Darklon. I have reason to believe these two have some special items stashed away, such as Zorgan's Bracelet and Artefact of Seasons. Especially the latter is very valuable.

Finally, when you're done with your objectives, head southwest. There's a small, relatively unknown gate that leads out of Tolham. At night, there's no access to this gate, but I know you can reach it through a shaft. It doesn't get darker than it is in Tolham this time of year, so time to head out.

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message   Chaotic (good?)...
taffer-kun    Dec. 17, 2024, 9:03 a.m.

It's a huge and largely abstract city maze. Like shaped by magic itself, it frequently devoid of any sensible logic and structure. It's several towers and dungeons underneath them, populated by rare living and undead. The main challenge of this mission is figuring out how to reach something. Platforming and getting through things isn't easy. I g...

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message   Massive fan mission, tons of detail, lots of cool atmosphere/horror moments.
SimonNovak    July 17, 2024, 5:09 a.m.

This is a big, meaty fan mission that will keep you entertained for hours. Lots of nooks & crannies to explore. Much bigger than it lets on (and it already looks huge by first glance.)

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message   The ride never ends...
cowking    June 26, 2024, 1:36 a.m.

There are two misconceptions that plague the fm scene, one is inability to see anything = scary/atmospheric, the second is bigger = better. This fm falls in the latter category.

- drags on and on long after main objectives have been ticked, far too big for it's own good and the plot just isn't there to drive it through multiple sessions, nor ...

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message   City made of secrets.
Mefix    June 7, 2024, 7:23 p.m.

I see people complain about it being too difficult or overwhelming, but I found that if you approach this FM as any other (Where you create a plan in your head, get most of the loot, build layout in your mind etc), you will not have fun here.

I started playing this like I would any big city mission, but quickly got overwhelmed, almost gave up...

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message   Great map and extraordinary talent, but a tough chunk of complexity
Thinking Robot    May 30, 2024, 11:04 p.m.

This mission is really detail-rich with a strong emphasis on vertical gameplay and opening up one-way passages.
The sheer complexity of the map layout however quickly tires, leading to walking the same passages again and again to make sure nothing of importance was missed. This quickly becomes time-consuming and the player should plan four, ev...

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message   Ambitious and imaginative... perhaps a little bit too much
Matt    May 28, 2024, 7:03 p.m.

I cannot know what has been going in the mind of Lord Taffer throughout these years, since the release of his previous fm, Time For Change, but it seems he took all the critiques very seriously. Time For Change was a perfectly okay beginner's attempt (not great not terrible) with a couple of decent secrets, but admittedly the level geometry, tex...

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